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3 things about Kathryn Bigelow’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

Posted on November 20, 2025 by robchristopher

A House of Dynamite [2025] 1. Surrender or suicide. 2. A brief moment alone at the window before he is hustled out of the room. 3. “Bad knees.”

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3 things about John G. Avildsen’s JOE

Posted on April 15, 2025 by robchristopher

Joe [1970] 1. “38% of liberals are fags. That’s a fact.” 2. A special dinner for their guests: delivery from the best Chinese restaurant in Astoria. 3. $10,000 socked away that his wife doesn’t know about. Plus two lots down … Continue reading →

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3 things about Shola Lynch’s CHISHOLM ’72: UNBOUGHT & UNBOSSED

Posted on September 5, 2024 by robchristopher

Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed [2004] 1. Walter Cronkite announces that Shirley Chisholm has “thrown her bonnet” into the ring. 2. In 1971 she proposes that the Department of the Interior ought to be led by an Indian. 3. Octavia … Continue reading →

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3 things about Errol Morris’s AMERICAN DHARMA

Posted on July 27, 2024 by robchristopher

American Dharma [2018] 1. Real profits from fictional currency. 2. It all began with an encounter at Sundance. 3. Breitbart shouting himself into a coronary.

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3 things about Julie Cohen’s EVERY BODY

Posted on February 9, 2024 by robchristopher

Every Body [2023] 1. “The current was too strong.” 2. Newspaper headline: “Bathroom” Bill Dead–For Now 3. They acknowledge that their mother will never get their pronouns right.

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3 things about Preston Sturges’s THE GREAT McGINTY

Posted on May 27, 2022 by robchristopher

The Great McGinty [1940] 1. A crowd of 75,000 at the baseball game. 2. “Got a new suit.” “It looks more like the suit got you.” 3. Destroying dishes in the dark. 3 other things.

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3 things about Franklin J. Schaffner’s THE BEST MAN

Posted on November 22, 2020 by robchristopher

The Best Man [1964] 1. “I don’t understand you.” “I know you don’t. Because you have no sense of responsibility toward anybody or anything. And that is a tragedy in a man, and it is a disaster in a president.” … Continue reading →

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3 things about Otto Preminger’s ADVISE AND CONSENT

Posted on May 9, 2020 by robchristopher

Advise & Consent [1962] 1. He hands him the newspaper. “How do you feel about this lollapalooza?”2. The shocking moment when Gene Tierney utters the word “bitch.”3. Slowly, over the course of the film, Leffingwell, a man of genuine integrity, … Continue reading →

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3 things about Kimberly Reed’s DARK MONEY

Posted on April 9, 2019 by robchristopher

Dark Money [2018] 1. The office is located in its own little house. 2. Why lobby a politician when you can instead buy them outright at the very beginning? 3. A 3-3 vote on everything.

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3 things about John Curran’s CHAPPAQUIDDICK

Posted on March 13, 2019 by robchristopher

Chappaquiddick [2017] 1. “Fortunately for us, it looks like Ted’s big brother arranged for just that.” 2. Foam from the mouth. 3. He takes off his shoes.

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